Live from the Google I/O 2013 keynote  —  We're liveblogging Google's three-hour keynote address at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.  We're here and we're in line — a huge line.  There's a ton of press here all fighting to get good seats ahead of the 6,000 developers lined up downstairs.

New Google Maps Sign-up Page Goes Live Briefly, Reveals All Sorts of New Details  —  A new version of Google Maps for the desktop was leaked last week showing a new look that provided a more full-screen experience while matching up to the Google Now-esque card style of other Google services.

U.S. Now Paints Apple as ‘Ringmaster’ in Its Lawsuit on E-Book Price-Fixing  —  WASHINGTON — The e-mail, from Steve Jobs of Apple to James Murdoch of News Corporation, reads as if one old sport were trying to cajole another into joining a caper: “Throw in with Apple and see if we can all …

Microsoft killing off Xbox Points in favor of currency and gift cards system  —  Cards will work across Xbox, Windows, and Windows Phone  —  Microsoft is killing off its Points system that's primarily used for its Xbox console.  The death of Microsoft Points has been a long time coming …

Turning Off IPhone Critical to Pilots Citing Interference  —  The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in row 9 to switch off an Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone.

The New Yorker Launches Strongbox, an Open-Source Anonymous Tip Tool Built by Aaron Swartz  —  Technology gives journalists unprecedented power to track down information.  And technology gives lots of other people the ability to follow journalists' footprints.  Just ask the Associated Press.

Meet the Con Man Who Pulled Off a Federal Sting That Cost Google $500 Million  —  ON FEBRUARY 25, 2009, a then 34-year-old career con man named David Anthony Whitaker left the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and slid into the backseat of an unmarked government car.

Feds reveal the search warrant used to seize Mt. Gox account  —  The Department of Homeland Security is investigating Mt. Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange, for violating laws on US money exchange and money transfers—and it's grabbing the exchange's money in the process.

Mobile malware exploding, but only for Android  —  Malware targeting mobile devices is rapidly growing in both the number of variants found in the wild and in their complexity and sophistication, but the only platform being actively targeted is Google's Android, which researchers now say is resembling Windows on the desktop PC.

As of today, every major mobile competitor... also makes apps for iOS  —  A few minutes ago BlackBerry announced BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iOS.  With that announcement, every single one of Apple's major mobile competitors now makes apps for iOS.  Google, who also has Android …